A so-called excerpt from a Euronews story about Volodymyr Zelenskyi's visit to Paris is being circulated online. It allegedly broadcast mocking photos of the Ukrainian president, posted on Twitter with the hashtag #MerryChristmasEuronews2024.

But this is a fake video. Presumably, the fakers edited the video using the official Euronews video. There is also no publication on Twitter under the hashtag #MerryChristmasEuronews2024. Indeed, the publication published news about Volodymyr Zelenskyi's visit to Paris. And the publication contains the video used in the fake. Thus, the frames and captions (except for the Twitter feed) in the real video coincide with those in the fake video.

Euronews does indeed have a Twitter feed during live broadcasts. However, the channel does not broadcast posts from anonymous users. Instead, there are posts from Euronews itself, journalists, politicians, organizations, etc. In addition, there is no post on Twitter with the hashtag #MerryChristmasEuronews2024. Euronews also did not report anything about such a campaign on its official resources.

Let us remind you that in Paris on December 7, 2024, Volodymyr Zelenskyi met with Donald Trump. This was their first meeting after Trump's victory in the US presidential election on November 4. French President Emmanuel Macron also participated in the meeting, which lasted 35 minutes. He invited the politicians to the opening of the restored Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral.

According to Reuters, during the half-hour conversation, Zelenskyi explained to Trump Ukraine's need for security guarantees to end a full-scale war with Russia. But the conversation did not include specific details about any vision for peace.

Read more: Propagandists about the meetings between Zelenskyi, Trump, and Orban.

The network is spreading words that the First Lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska, allegedly said during the forum Ukraine 30. Healthy Ukraine in 2021: “Some Ukrainians are too Ukrainian. We need to become a little less Ukrainian, and then peace will come to society”.

However, in her speech during the forum Ukraine 30. Healthy Ukraine, Olena Zelenska did not say this. In particular, the First Lady spoke about the reform of the school nutrition system. And we could not find a mention of this quote during her other speeches. This quote was not distributed in Ukrainian or English in reliable media.

The first mention of the words can be found on the page of the user X with the nickname Mantelepa, the post was published back in June 2020, that is, before the forum. However, neither this nor the other posts had a video or link with a quote from Zelenska.

A snippet of a story on the American channel KMAX 31 is being shared online. In it, the hosts of Good Day allegedly laughed after a report about the colossal losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

But this is a fake video. In the original story, the host laughed because of a mistake during the weather forecast. The fakers edited the video.

A search for the channel and show name revealed that the full name of the show is Good Day Sacramento. It is indeed broadcast on KMAX 31. If one checks the official Good Day Sacramento YouTube channel, one can find the same plot that the propagandists used for the fake video.

The original video was published back in December 2019. In it, the host laughs not at the supposedly colossal losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, but at a slip of the tongue during the weather forecast. Instead of “visibility” (translated from English - the distance one can see as determined by weather conditions), she said “disability” (translated from English - incapacity for work).

Propaganda Telegram channels continue to spread a fake that Ukraine is allegedly disrupting the exchange of prisoners of war, citing fake lists of mobilized people who had no previous connection to the army. The Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security writes about this.

In fact, Ukraine has consistently advocated for a prisoner exchange, and President Zelenskyi's proposal to exchange “all for all” is being ignored by Russia. Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets noted that its statements about Ukraine's refusal to exchange are part of an information and psychological operation (IPSO).

In addition, the Kremlin manipulates the actions of relatives of prisoners of war to create tension in Ukrainian society, using them as a propaganda tool. The Kremlin actively spreads fake statements aimed at discrediting Ukraine on the issue of the prisoner exchange.

A video is being actively shared on TikTok, in which a Ukrainian serviceman allegedly talks about significant losses, criticizes the command, and claims that Russian captivity is the “best choice”. However, it is fake.

This is reported by the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council. Its experts found that this video is the result of the use of deepfake technology. The analysis shows the unnatural pronunciation of the character, and other videos on the page confirm that its content was created for manipulation.

The main goal of this fake is to undermine trust in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, create panic among citizens, and demoralize the military. TikTok was chosen because of its popularity and the speed of information dissemination. Such deepfakes mislead people if detailed analysis is not conducted. The Center is working with the TikTok administration to reduce the amount of disinformation spread by Russian propagandists on the platform.

Propagandists are spreading an image on pro-Russian anonymous Telegram channels, allegedly taken in Miami (USA). It shows graffiti with a flyswatter in the colors of the American flag, which crushes the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi in the form of a fly. The author of the graffiti is allegedly the American artist Antigirl, as Al Jazeera allegedly wrote about. However, this is a fake.

There is no evidence that this graffiti actually exists in Miami. There is no information about it on the artist's official social media profiles, her official website, or Al Jazeera's website. In such cases, fakers often create images using graphic editors, adding political symbols to provoke.

The image of a “flyswatter” with an American flag and Zelenskyi’s “fly” is a derogatory metaphor that simplifies the complex context of the war in Ukraine and international support. It devalues the struggle of the Ukrainian people. Such fakes are spread to stimulate anti-Ukrainian sentiment among the American audience. Another goal of such fakes is to raise doubts among Ukrainians about international support and undermine their faith in the future.

Information is being spread on social media that Ukraine plans to reduce spending on prosthetics and rehabilitation of military personnel starting in 2025. This is attributed to the Minister of Health of Ukraine, Viktor Liashko, along with a fabricated quote about the state's lack of responsibility towards the military. However, in reality, this is a fake.

This is reported by StopFake. The project's specialists found out that there are no similar statements by Liashko in official sources or in the media. Moreover, for 2024 and 2025, the state not only did not reduce, but also increased funding for the relevant programs.

According to the budget, in 2024, UAH 4.3 billion was allocated for primary prosthetics and rehabilitation equipment, which is 40% more than last year. In 2025, this amount will increase to UAH 4.6 billion. UAH 1.1 billion is also provided for high-tech prosthetics. UAH 5.7 billion was allocated for rehabilitation services in the budget, and they remain free of charge for military and civilians.

Russian propagandists spread such fakes to create distrust in Ukrainian society towards the state and its social programs. Such disinformation is aimed at discrediting the Ukrainian authorities, accusing them of alleged indifference to the injured servicemen, creating panic and disappointment among the servicemen and their families. This fake is also used to divert attention from the real problems of the Russian side.

Propaganda Telegram channels are actively spreading information that in Odesa, employees of the Territorial recruitment and social support center allegedly handed out draft notices in the guise of Santa Claus. However, this is not true.

This is reported by the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council. Its experts found out that in fact this video has no relation to the work of territorial procurement centers. The recording shows volunteers who organized a charity event for children to congratulate them on the holidays and collect gifts for children from the Kherson region, which suffered from the war.

Such fakes are used to undermine trust in the territorial recruitment and social support centers, create a negative impression of the mobilization, and spread panic among the population. Propagandists often use such manipulative techniques to distort real events and discredit the Ukrainian authorities.

Russian propagandists are spreading a video on anonymous Telegram channels and media outlets in which journalists from the Good Day Sacramento American show  allegedly mock the combat losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. However, it is a fake.

This is reported by the Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security and Ukrinform. It was Ukrinform experts who found out that the original video is dated December 2019. This is confirmed by the New Year decorations in the studio, identical to those that were in the show then. Modern episodes of the show use completely different decorations. In addition, the fake video does not have the large mask of the Grinch character, which was in the real show. The show itself has a purely entertainment format, where the hosts joke and cover local events, and do not discuss political or military topics.

Such actions once again demonstrate Russia's methods of information warfare, which include distorting reality to achieve propaganda goals. This fake news is aimed at spreading false messages about the Armed Forces of Ukraine, lowering the morale of the Ukrainian military, and demoralizing society.

Propagandists are spreading a message on anonymous Telegram channels about a disabled man from Zaporizhzhia who was allegedly captured 10 days after mobilization. However, it is false.

This was reported by the Center for Countering Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council. Its experts found that the Zaporizhzhia Territorial Center of Recruitment and Social Support refuted this information. The man was not mobilized by this center and was last registered for military service at the Pokrovsk Territorial recruitment and social support center of Donetsk region back in 2009. He is also not registered at the address provided in the video. The video is a staged creation made as part of an information-psychological operation to discredit mobilization and hinder the formation of Ukraine's Defense Forces.

Russian propagandists are spreading disinformation about mobilization in Ukraine to achieve several important goals. In this way, they create the impression of its supposed chaos and injustice, which undermines trust in Ukrainian state institutions. They also aim to instill fear and uncertainty among those who may be mobilized and their families. One of their goals is also to demoralize soldiers and potential recruits by spreading false information. This is yet another attempt to portray the Ukrainian government in a negative light before the international community.

Russians are spreading a video with the logo of the American TV channel ABC, claiming that Ukraine allegedly lost about one million servicemen and had hundreds of thousands of people disabled due to injuries sustained in the war.

However, this video has been edited, reports the StopFake project. Using Google's reverse search function, it was possible to find the original video that was used to create this fake. It was an ABC News video from March 30, 2023 about the assistance of American non-profit organizations to Ukrainian veterans who lost limbs in the war. It talks about the work of the charity Kind Deeds, which provides Ukrainian veterans with prosthetics and organizes rehabilitation in the United States. The propagandists cut out individual frames from the original video and, using artificial intelligence, completely forged the audio track, mimicking the voice of the program's host. The original video report does not mention any data on the number of Ukrainian soldiers killed.

On December 8, 2024, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi reported that Ukraine had lost about 43,000 soldiers killed since the start of the full-scale war. As for the number of people with disabilities, there is no up-to-date official statistics available today. However, in mid-2023, the American publication The Wall Street Journal reported that over one and a half years of war, about 50,000 Ukrainians had become disabled due to amputations.

Earlier, we debunked the claim that the irreparable losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces allegedly had already exceeded 500,000 people.

Propaganda sources claim that an unknown person allegedly left a marker near the Verkhovna Rada building to guide a Russian strike, accompanied by the inscription: “Putin, here”. As “proof”, propagandists have shared a video purportedly showing the individual who marked the spot.

In reality, this is another fake by the Russians, the VoxCheck project writes. Since the start of the full-scale war, the part of Mariinskyi Park leading to the Verkhovna Rada has been closed off. A regular citizen could not access the area to record such a video. Since February 24, 2022, only certain categories of individuals, such as government officials and parliamentary staff, have had access to the Verkhovna Rada’s premises. Someone among them could have theoretically recorded such a video.

However, two facts indicate that this is a fake. Firstly, public transport in the video goes to the government quarter, which is closed today. Secondly, the guards in the video are wearing medical masks, likely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, indicating that the footage was recorded before the full-scale invasion.

The markers themselves began to appear at the beginning of the full-scale war. Some of them turned out to be ordinary markers on buildings that existed before the invasion. Others were deliberately created by Russians or their supporters to destabilize Ukrainian society and sow chaos. That is, it was an information and psychological special operation (IPSO). In reality, Russian strikes are guided by coordinates, not by such markers.

Russian propagandists are circulating images of what is purportedly the new cover of Titanic magazine for December 2024. It depicts the head of the Presidential Office, Andrii Yermak, who is supposedly a footstool for the newly elected US President Donald Trump. The cover also contains captions: “Ukrainian leadership will be very useful to the new US president” and “Trump will appoint everyone to the right positions”.

The VoxCheck project reports that this is a fake cover. It shows issue number 4352. In fact, Titanic released a magazine with a different cover under this issue in December. It depicts the candidate for German chancellor, leader of the Christian Democratic Union, Friedrich Merz, with his wife Charlotte.

After all, all the covers that Titanic has ever created can be viewed on the magazine’s social media pages or on the magazine’s website in the Archive section. The cover with Trump and Yermak is missing there — an additional indication that the Russians created it themselves.

Also at the top right of the fake cover is the inscription “Internet-Aufgabe”. Presumably, the authors of the fake article wanted to use the word “ausgabe” (issue) instead of “aufgabe” (task). This mistake was also present on previous fake covers.

Titanic is a German satirical magazine that is published monthly and publishes mostly political cover images.

During the full-scale war, we recorded at least six fake Titanic magazine covers created by propagandists. A detailed analysis of each fabricated cover can be found on our website by typing the word “Titanic” into the search engine.

Russian propaganda Telegram channels are spreading a video purportedly from the BBC, which claims that Bellingcat investigators have found that “the number of Ukrainian fakes has decreased threefold since mid-November 2024”. In turn, they cite the “lack of funds” for creating and posting content as the most likely reason for this.

However, this is a fake, writes the VoxCheck project. The BBC did not publish such a video either on its official website or on its social media pages. There is also no information about it on Bellingcat's official resources.

The video clip that propagandists are spreading does not contain any original footage. For the fake, they used materials from open sources that are not related to each other. For example, the photo with Volodymyr Zelenskyi was taken from the official website of the Office of the President of Ukraine - the photo was published back in July 2022. And the shot with the President of Ukraine and European leaders was taken during the European Council summit in Brussels on October 17, 2024.

We have previously analyzed fake videos allegedly created by the BBC, in particular, a fake about Zelenskyi's “personal endocrinologist” fleeing abroad.

Pro-Russian resources are spreading information that the hosts of the American television channel CNN are allegedly laughing at the news about ten thousand Ukrainian refugees who were evicted from social housing in France.

In fact, this is a fake, the VoxCheck project reports. The video that the propagandists are referring to was published back in November 2020. And in it, journalists from not CNN, but LOCAL 12 from the American city of Cincinnati, Ohio, talked about a Christmas tree that was installed in the city center.

There is no “news” about the eviction of 10,000 Ukrainian refugees from social housing in France on CNN, or on media pages on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Only pro-Russian sources write about it.

While there may indeed be problems at the local level, they are not on the scale that propagandists claim. For example, in October of this year, there was news that in one region of France, Ukrainian refugees were being asked to move out of the housing they had been provided due to budget cuts. However, at that time, we were talking about 600 Ukrainians, not ten thousand.

Previously, we analyzed the manipulation that Ukrainians allegedly became the leaders of “migrant crime” in Germany.

Russian propaganda sources are spreading information that George Soros, an American businessman and philanthropist, has allegedly undergone a heart transplant. The donor is said to have been a Ukrainian soldier who died in the war.

In fact, this is another Russian fake, the VoxCheck project writes. No reputable and reliable media have reported on any operation by the 94-year-old Soros, let alone a heart transplant from a deceased Ukrainian soldier. In addition, there is no evidence in open sources of illegal organ harvesting from Ukrainian soldiers. Soldiers, like others, can consent to posthumous donation. However, according to Ukrainian law, in the event of their death in battle, harvesting organs, even despite their consent during their lifetime, is strictly prohibited.

Apparently, Russian propagandists invented this “news” to discredit Soros, who supports Ukraine - his Open Society Foundation alone, as of November 2023, provided Ukraine with over $230 million in support in the form of grants.

Soros has also repeatedly criticized the Russians. For example, he claimed that a victory for Ukraine would be the end of Russia and then it would no longer pose a threat to the rest of the world. In turn, Soros's funds were banned in Russia back in 2015.

Today, pro-Kremlin resources continue to wage a discrediting campaign against the businessman. In particular, in 2023, they spread rumors about the alleged death of Soros, who denied this on social networks the same day. And propagandists also spread conspiracy theories about Soros, saying that he is connected to “reptilians”, is the “owner” of Ukraine, “secretly rules the world”, and others.

Propagandists are spreading information on anonymous Telegram channels claiming that the French satirical publication Charlie Hebdo allegedly featured a caricature of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi on its cover, depicting him as the Hunchback of Notre Dame, shunned by the leaders of France and the United States. However, this cover is a fake.

This is reported by the Centre for Strategic Communication and Information Security. They discovered that the actual publication date of the magazine (every Wednesday) and the real cover with entirely different stories prove that the fake was created by Russian propagandists.

Fakes, similar to the fabricated Charlie Hebdo cover, aim to create a negative image of President Zelenskyi and the Ukrainian government, as well as to undermine international support for Ukraine. Fakes ridiculing Ukraine are designed to create the impression that Western countries are supposedly reducing their aid and support. These actions seek to erode Ukrainians' faith in international support and to sow discord among Ukraine’s allies. They are part of a broader information warfare campaign designed to weaken Ukraine.

Propagandists claim on anonymous Telegram channels that parts of the Ukrainian military, primarily territorial defense forces and mobilized personnel, are allegedly fleeing Kurakhove in chaos. In reality, this information is yet another fake.

This is reported by the Centre for Strategic Communication and Information Security. Advisor to the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces Command, Oleksii Mochanov, refuted these claims, emphasizing that they are an absolute lie. He urged Ukrainians to maintain information hygiene and not succumb to the enemy’s manipulations, as it continues to refine its disinformation campaigns.

Russian propaganda spreads such disinformation to sow panic, despair and chaos among Ukrainians, especially among relatives of servicemen. These statements aim to demoralize Ukrainian society, undermine trust in the defense forces, and create an illusion of success for the Russian army. Such messages are also designed to distract attention from Russia’s real problems and losses while attempting to break the morale of Ukrainian troops and their loved ones through psychological pressure.

Russian Telegram channels are writing and distributing material from Military Watch Magazine. This publication, citing Ukrainian intelligence, writes that Russia can supposedly produce 25 Oreshnik missiles per month, that is, 300 missiles per year.

In fact, this information is not true. This is what the VoxCheck project writes about. Thus, the Military Watch Magazine website did publish the relevant material, but this publication is not a reliable source of information - it regularly spreads pro-Russian propaganda. The Media Bias/Fact Check resource, which collects assessments by independent fact-checkers of the IFCN network, considers Military Watch Magazine's publications biased and dubious.

In the text, the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, however, on December 4, 2024, in a comment to Babel, a GUR representative reported that Russia could produce up to 25 medium-range ballistic missiles per year, not per month.

At the same time, the GUR did not specify whether it was about the production of 25 missiles exclusively of the Oreshnik type or all medium-range ballistic missiles in general. In any case, the figures of Ukrainian intelligence are much lower than those given in the Military Watch Magazine material.

Previously, we analyzed fake footage of the alleged Russian Oreshnik missile flying during an attack on Dnipro.

A video is being shared on social media in which a Ukrainian soldier allegedly complains about the arbitrariness of the Territorial recruitment and social support center employees, the difficult situation at the front, the unprofessionalism of commanders, losses among personnel, and urges Ukrainian men not to go to war.

However, in fact, this video was created using artificial intelligence, the VoxCheck project reports. The original source of the video is an anonymous TikTok profile, where the author publishes videos with supposedly Ukrainian soldiers and prisoners of war. A check of the Hive Moderation AI tool showed that the profile contains videos that were generated using a neural network. Accordingly, the tool showed that the appeal of a serviceman talking about the difficult situation at the front was also created using AI.

This fake is intended to misinform Ukrainian society about the real situation on the front and dissuade civilians from mobilizing for the army. Previously, we analyzed a fake about a mutiny in one of the brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Russian propagandists in their media, including Telegram channels, are spreading new fakes, accusing the Ukrainian military of inhumane crimes, such as killing civilians in Donbas, dumping bodies into wells, and destroying churches and drinking water sources.

This is what experts from the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council write about. They found out that these statements are based on unconfirmed “testimonies” of Russian military personnel or residents of occupied territories who are spreading rumors without any facts.

Propagandists purposefully spread such stories to discredit the Armed Forces of Ukraine, undermine the international community’s trust in Ukraine, and justify their own numerous war crimes, including the systematic destruction of civilian infrastructure and violence against civilians. Such manipulations are a classic tool of information warfare aimed at creating a false image of the enemy.

Information about the alleged occupation of part of the Sumy region, in particular near the village of Oleksandriia, which is being spread by propagandists on anonymous Telegram channels, is false.

This is reported by the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council. The Sumy Regional Military Administration confirms that the situation on the border remains fully controlled, with no recorded hostilities or enemy breakthroughs. The spokesman for the State Border Service, Andrii Demchenko, also noted that the border with Russia functions as a front line. The Ukrainian Defense Forces firmly hold their positions, providing protection and countering any attempts by the enemy to penetrate the territory of Ukraine.

Propagandists are spreading disinformation about the alleged occupation of part of the Sumy region for several reasons. Such messages are intended to cause panic among Ukrainians, causing distrust in the actions of the authorities and the military. Fake news about breakthroughs or occupation is designed to create an impression of the weakness of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is important for Russian propaganda to maintain the narrative of its “successes”, even if they are not true. This may also be an attempt to divert attention from the real problems and defeats of the Russian army.

Anonymous propaganda Telegram channels are spreading claims that Ukrainian instructors from the GUR are in the Syrian province of Idlib, allegedly training Hayat Tahrir al-Sham militants to fight in Syria. In reality, this is part of a Russian information campaign aimed at discrediting Ukraine.

This is what experts from the Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security write about. They found out that Moscow has used similar accusations before, in particular regarding the supply of weapons to Hamas or participation in terrorist attacks. No evidence of these accusations has been presented. On December 4, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry denied these accusations, emphasizing that Moscow itself is the main exporter of violence and chaos, in particular by supporting terrorist organizations.

In this way, propagandists are trying to create a negative image of Ukraine in order to undermine its international reputation and relations with partners. It is also done to divert attention from Russia's own actions in Syria and other regions where it actively supports violence and chaos. In addition, it is an attempt to reduce the level of assistance to Ukraine from Western countries by sowing doubts about its actions and moral principles.

A fake news story with a link to a Euronews video appeared on a number of pro-Russian platforms, claiming that Ukrainians in Europe are illegally connecting to power grids in order to get (earn) cryptocurrency. According to the claim, these activities were motivated by the rising value of Bitcoin. The report alleges that over 400 Ukrainians were arrested last month alone and that their actions even caused energy shortages across the continent.

However, this is fake news: the video with such content was not published on the official Euronews website or its social media platforms. Many other details betray the falsity of this story: in particular, it is suspicious that this report did not even name the country where these attackers allegedly operated, but used the abstract wording “Europe”. Moreover, an online search for news about similar incidents did not yield any results either.

This fake news is part of a broader propaganda effort aimed at portraying Ukrainian refugees as criminals or terrorists, both a cultural and economic threat to European society, attempting to reduce support for Ukraine. As noted in our prior findings, Russian propaganda has consistently sought to discredit Ukrainian refugees since the start of the large-scale war in Ukraine.

Propagandists regularly spread fakes about them—they call refugees dependents, claim that these Ukrainians went abroad not for safety, but for profit, that they spread various diseases, and so on. Propagandists find these means necessary to perpetuate the idea that Ukrainians are bad people who do not appreciate the help that residents of other countries provide them and that they take advantage of the kindness of people from other countries.

For example, we recently reported that people online spread a fake story allegedly from the French publication Le Figaro, which talked about a Ukrainian refugee accused of murder.

A video with the logo of the Ukrainian media outlet United24 is being distributed online. It claims that 40 doctors in Ukraine were arrested for allegedly breaking men’s limbs for money. According to this video, the injuries were intentionally severe enough to require over a year of rehabilitation, allowing these men to evade mobilization. Now the Verkhovna Rada is supposedly considering the issue of criminal liability for such doctors and for Ukrainian individuals buying this service.

However, United24 Media has not published any such report. Propagandists falsely attribute the video to United24, but no such content exists on the official website or the media outlet’s social media platforms, including Instagram, Facebook, Twitter (X), or YouTube.

The claim also states that police have already arrested 40 doctors involved in this activity. Yet, the National Police of Ukraine has made no such announcements, and there’s no information of this sort in Ukrainian media. This story seems to have first appeared in the Russian Telegram channel Voiennyi Obozrevatel (Military Observer).

Furthermore, the Verkhovna Rada has not registered any draft law proposing criminal liability for doctors allegedly breaking limbs for money or for clients attempting to evade military service through such means.